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Ingredients
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8 stalks asparagus, trimmed
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3 cups cooked day-old white rice
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3 large eggs, yolks and whites separated
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2 tablespoons vegetable oil
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1/2 small yellow onion, diced
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2 scallions, chopped
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1 (one-inch) knob ginger, peeled and minced
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4 garlic cloves, minced
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1 teaspoon kosher salt
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1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
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1 tablespoon XO sauce
Directions
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Cut off the tips of the asparagus and slice the remainder of the stalks into rounds. In a medium pot of boiling salted water, blanch the tips and sliced stalks separately until bright green and crisp-tender, about 30 seconds each. Drain and rinse under cold running water; pat dry and set aside.
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In a medium bowl, toss rice with egg yolks, breaking up the rice with your hands to separate and coat each and every grain.
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Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add ginger and onion and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
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Add the rice, gently mixing and pressing into the pan until the egg yolks are cooked though and the rice grains are fully separated, 3 to 5 minutes. Add asparagus stalks, garlic, and scallions. Stir in salt and sugar.
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Briefly beat the egg whites, push the cooked rice mixture to the side of the skillet, and add the egg whites to the pan. Stir-fry until whites are cooked and scrambled, about 1 minute. Mix the cooked egg whites into the rice in the pan. Add XO sauce and stir-fry until incorporated and fragrant, about 1 minute more. Serve golden fried rice topped with asparagus tips and more XO sauce, if desired.